Loup Garou

The Retreat has nestled amid lush gardens and trees dripping with Spanish moss, guarding its traditions--and its secrets, unchanged for over a hundred years. To tourists, the antebellum mansion is a crown jewel in the town's rich but chaotic history. To the residents of New Orleans, it's a landmark and legend. Darius LaRue sees it as a hunting ground. For the Sessions and Browning team, it's all fun and games as they head to New Orleans for a much needed vacation, Cajun style. The PI... More Description

The Retreat has nestled amid lush gardens and trees dripping with Spanish moss, guarding its traditions--and its secrets, unchanged for over a hundred years. To tourists, the antebellum mansion is a crown jewel in the town's rich but chaotic history. To the residents of New Orleans, it's a landmark and legend. Darius LaRue sees it as a hunting ground. For the Sessions and Browning team, it's all fun and games as they head to New Orleans for a much needed vacation, Cajun style. The PI business is thriving, keeping Jim and Lenny hopping and the restaurant has pushed Ella and Terry to the brink. Without a nerve left between the four of them, they give in to the unique lure of the Big Easy, and with visions of romance and intimacy, along with world-class golf, gourmet dining, and great shopping, they head out for two weeks of fun. While they lounge in the balmy and mesmerizing heat drinking Lemon Drop martinis and listening to the alligators roar, they don't realize what's going on around them. Detective Lou Perina of the NOPD, is scrambling to solve the disappearances of eight young women reported missing in his jurisdiction and figure out why the trail keeps leading back to The Retreat and his old friend, Louise duBois.
Longtime followers will not be disappointed with Loup Garou, the seventh book in the Sessions and Browning series and the newcomers will be entranced. Farmer delivers a another delicious serving of chill bumps and screaming fear wrapped up in some of the most delectable characters you'll ever meet and an ending you won't soon forget. Loup Garou is a powerful story of love and commitment, and in this, her seventh book in the series, Farmer presents an intense and personal story that grabs you from the beginning and does not let go until the last T is crossed.